Norris

[quote name='Josh' timestamp='1341068927' post='1713469'] So I've just downloaded Stuart Clayton's The Bass Players Guide to Scales & Modes on iBooks... [/quote] Why did I just read that as Adam Clayton? lol

A bass I bought some time ago arrived in a battered old "Original Gig Bag Company" case - it's great. Decent padding, lots of pockets, grab handles and shoulder straps. I think they still make them.

I have a Korean Squier P-bass Special. It's my current go-to bass and I love it. Quality is good, sound is excellent - and all completely stock. Edit: Correction - it's Indonesian

As I said to Chris Squire when I was teaching him to tune his bass, "I'm not one to name-drop"

Whichever fingers are free at the time, either hand

Usually stage right, but depends on the venue (mainly small pubs with inconvenient pillars) as the guitarist is the main vocalist/banterer so the audience needs a good view of him. It's strange sometimes when we have limited stage depth, to be staring at the left ear of all the audience 'cos they're gawping at the guitarist

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1341059011' post='1713319'] I've had the X1622FX for a few years (came with a USB interface). The X1622USB looks to be identical but with the interface built in. It's pretty good for the money, nice and quiet and has been totally reliable. [/quote] Thanks. I've just seen the [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behringer-X1622USB-Xenyx-Input-Mixer/dp/B0036ECH3U/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1341059120&sr=8-5"]X1622USB on Amazon[/url] for under £150, so that's even better.

Hi I'm looking to get myself a mixer for home studio use. I'm unlikely to want record multiple things at the same time, but the capability would be nice. I don't want to have to fit any more cards into my PC, so am looking at mixers with built-in USB interface. I'd also like built-in effects like echo & reverb, as I want to keep everything compact and don't have the room for lots of outboard stuff. The type of stuff I'd like to record:[list] [*]vocals - probably one at a time [*]electric guitar (both DI & mic'ed amp, possibly 2 instruments at a time) [*]acoustic guitar [*]acoustic piano [*]electric piano & keyboard [*]electronic drums (either line-in or midi) [*]other acoustic instruments such as flute, trumpet, trombone, etc. [/list] I've been looking at the Behringer Xenyx mixers - particularly the X1222USB and X1622USB. Both are similarly priced/spec'ed. Has anybody got experience with these mixers, recommendations on these or other compact mixers up to £200 inc. VAT? Edit: oops - bit of premature posting there!

[quote] what pa for small pub/club singer [/quote] How tall is he/she?

Richie Blackmore and his much-used augmented second

Surprised that the Yamaha DX7 E.Piano only made it to number 35. If you were born in the 80's think yourself lucky you were too young to remember!

We auditioned a guitarist like that once. Hardly played a note all night but stood looking in awe at the guitarist (who's actually a drummer in the main - but a darned talented b@$+@rd!)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo&feature=player_detailpage[/media] Such a fresh bassline Edit: Some great links so far. Loved that second link of Michael Manring by 51m0n

Back in the days when there were Working Mens' Clubs (yes, I know there still are a handful left) I decided to take along my old 70's practice amp for a wheeze. It had a tiny little 8" speaker that could barely fart, and the amp looked like it was made out of cardboard. This I set up in front of the curtain on a chair. Behind the curtain was my 2 x 15" Traynor beastie, daisy-chained from the practice amp input. As is usual at these type of places, the majority of the audience didn't even notice (most left after the bingo) - but all credit to the handful that did

Well the Aria I've owned since the mid 80's was safely tucked up in the loft (sentimental keeper) as I have seriously fallen out with anything that needs batteries, and my US Jazz was everything I needed. Then I joined BassChat. A project I was involved in required a bit of fretless, so I bought a Mexican Jazz fretless - which is rather nice, so another keeper. Then Clarky had a nearly new Gibson Thunderbird up for sale, which was a bit different - and sounded so much better than my Jazz above the 5th fret, so it became my main go-to bass. Then I fancied doing some modding, so bought a cheap Squier P-J donor from Sagawa. Unfortunately the bass looks and sounds SO good it's taken over as my main bass. The Thunderbird is wondering who turned out the lights. So five basses at the moment. I don't play them all, but then have no immediate desire to cut down either. However I am starting feel a bit sorry for the US Jazz, but have owned it from new - the first brand new bass I've ever bought. I may part with it one day, but not just yet. I blame it all on BC... Edit: Forgot to mention the Epiphone 335, the Charvel strat thing and the Guild acoustic, but they're not basses

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1339917723' post='1696158'] Why they have to be 'precision routed' though I've no idea. [/quote] Because it sounds so much better than "hacked out with a chisel"

The controls on the ME-50B are analogue, making it awkward to make fine adjustments, especially to preset sounds i.e. you twiddle the knobs, but don't know what values were written to the preset in the first place, so have to try a lot of A-B comparisons until it sounds the same - and then start adjusting. The GT-6B is a bit more expensive but is a lot easier to fine tune due to the built-in display and the single jog wheel to adjust the parameters.

... when you know every Chinese takeaway in a 100 mile radius

... when you think nothing of going out for a post-gig meal at silly o'clock on a week night

... when all of your friends are also musicians, because the rest of your mates got fed up with you never being around at the weekend

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1339585166' post='1690877'] That one who did that dum dum dum thing on that old record, you know the one... The chap who did that cool thing on that disco record The dude who did that thing with jams brown that was so very cool The bloke from that hip-hop sample that goes dang, dum dum, doooommm bip bip The mwaaaahhhhh slidy compressy bloke from the 80s That slightly overdriven 70s ampegged up chap with the beard and the heavy as **** tone Solid-dependable 90s indie bassist guy That chap with the big standy-uppy bass thing who done the nice jazzy thing with Miles and Coltrane Super fast fingered heavy metal blokey with his foot on the monitor And me I don't tend to read liner notes or know the names of the band members, does it show? [/quote] LOL. The thing is, most people could work out who you mean

I've never been one to take a compliment. Most anybody usually gets is a mumbled "Thanks". I always know how much better I would have been if I hadn't (insert your favourite self-derogatory anecdote)